Medical Blog-A collection of my award winning medical essays and a few experiential articles
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Mechanobiology lab internship -my experience
I received the opportunity to work at the mechanobiology laboratory under the guidance of professor Dr Namrata Gundiah in the department of mechanical engineering.The aim of my research project was to identify the effects of TGF beta and TGF beta inhibitor on the mechanical properties of MDAMB 231 invasive breast cancer cells and non invasive…
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A-Z of Thyroid Anatomy
The butterfly-shaped thyroid gland can be seen as a punching bag of sorts for diagnosticians, with clinical symptoms from exhausting fatigue to irrepressible nerves and from bulging waistlines to baggy clothes all being blamed on the dysfunction of this one organ. The thyroid and its disorders have found mention from ancient times, with Socrates, the…
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Role of infections in atherogenesis of cerebrovascular diseases
Traditionally atherogenesis has been considered within the domain of non communicable lifestyle diseases, affecting the affluent sections of human population, while communicable diseases and infections, have been the cause of languish in the developing world. However the lines of division, between these two high mortality disease causing pathologies, are increasingly becoming blurred, compelling us to…
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Evolution of Oxygenators in Cardiothoracic Surgery
Darwin famously said that it is not the strongest of species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change. Indeed we humans are the only creatures existing on this planet who have managed the feats of flying without wings, swimming without gills and even breathing without lungs which is…
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Is Magnetogenetics the new Optogenetics?
Any medical student would agree that one of the most pressing issues that drives most of us to tears of desperation is “How on earth do we commit so much factual information into our memory?! Hence if someone were to claim, that it was possible to zap one’s brain, with mere light to selectively activate…
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What makes the bacterial clock tick?
Circadian rhythms or changes in an organism’s behavior or physiology that follow a cyclical 24 hour pattern are found throughout the tree of life with fungi, plants, insects and mammals all demonstrating them. However when it comes to bacteria, the most ancient of life forms that are ubiquitous dwellers in diverse habitats, the presence of a…
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Pharmacogenomics and the era of precision medicine
Innumerable are the times that the quote “blame it on my genes!” has crossed my mind in response to a sudden pang of envy – be it at the perennially skinny friend whose skeletal frame seemed to betray the tantalizing cheesy wonder of a pizza that they could devour guilt free or be it at…
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Optogenetics and the Manipulation of Memory
Any medical student would agree that one of the most pressing issues that drives most of us to tears of desperation is “How on earth do we commit so much factual information into our memory?!” So after yet another unsuccessful attempt at rote learning the tongue twisting names of hundreds of drugs for an upcoming…
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Hypoglycins- Humbugs or Heroes?
The heads of all the adult men in the village were clean shaven. However, this was not merely a new sartorial trend in the village of Muzaffarpur or a way to beat the heatwave ongoing in the month of June 2019, the second longest ever recorded in the region. The actual reason…